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Firefighters from the North Carolina Forest Service and
Blowing Rock, Boone and Stewart Simmons fire departments were able to stifle a
brushfire in Sampson within four hours yesterday. 75 percent of the blaze had
been contained within one hour. The fire started just after 2 p.m. near Flat
Mountain Road in the Sampson community and burned an estimated five acres.
North Carolina Forest Ranger Rudy Johnson cleared the scene just before 6 p.m.
A cause has yet to be determined.